Goldberg
n.— «Goldberg. Cheap, complicated machine piece.» —“Machinists’ Slang and Jargon [“add machinists”]” by Mendelowitz in Wisc., Ohio, N.Y., Ind., Mich., Ala. Lexicon of Trade Jargon , 1938-39. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Language is always evolving, and that’s also true for American Sign Language. A century ago, the sign for “telephone” was one fist below your mouth and the other at your ear, as if you’re holding an old-fashioned candlestick...
Brittany in Green Coast Springs, Florida, says that when she was grumpy or irritated as a child, her mother would say a phrase that sounded like Don’t be such a scooch. This bit of Italian-American slang, often rendered as skutch, denotes a “pest”...